This being Lincolndemocrat and…. May 26, 2016 ….recent events having been what they’ve been I tried to look up a quote about Lincoln by, I think, his old law partner William… Continue Reading
Fifth Day of Christmas B December 18, 2014 Tonight my daughter invited me to take advantage of her educator’s discount at a Scholastic Books sale. I was looking for books I might… Continue Reading
5th Day of Christmas December 18, 2014 I’m imperfect. That is something we all are encouraged to accept in the message of the man whose birth we celebrate at this time… Continue Reading
Putting ISD 709 out of my head… May 1, 2014 …yeah, Sure. I said in a recent post that I planned to spend a couple days in Florida not thinking about the District. Well… Continue Reading
Lincoln’s Boys March 2, 2014 This interview on MPR piqued my interest in yet another book on Abe Lincoln. I didn’t hear it all but I heard enough and… Continue Reading
Happy sesquicentennial birthday to the Gettysburg Address November 19, 2013 Four score (4 x 20) and seven years ago I was a quarter century from being born (87 – 62). So I can’t very… Continue Reading
Honest Abe 3 September 17, 2013 This is why the old School Board will live in infamy until today’s Duluthians go to their graves. I wasn’t the only one clipping… Continue Reading
Honest Abe 2 September 17, 2013 Following my last post my old ally asks new questions: I wonder if based on what Reinert said in the DNT if 709 might… Continue Reading
An old friend and ally challenges my claims September 16, 2013 In an email titled “Honest Abe” a good friend asks me a fair question. Harry, I know you are citing 50 students in a… Continue Reading
My weekend Questionnaire September 9, 2013 On Friday or Saturday I got a curious request from an unidentified person. It asked me to answer an attached questionairre and return it…. Continue Reading
Six Paragraphs July 13, 2013 My return to the Reader Weekly, Duluth’s largest tabloid, was a little awkward. Although its publisher had kind words for me as he introduced… Continue Reading
Welcome to my new Japanese and Turkish readers June 17, 2013 My traditionally local (Duluth area) readership has been disappointed (or pleased) by my recent dearth of posts over the past couple of months. I… Continue Reading
Mitch McConnell’s sense of history March 6, 2013 In the NY Times story about Rosa Park’s statue being placed into Statuary Hall there was passing mention of what Republican Senator Mitch McConnell… Continue Reading
My favorite movie – Pt 1 (another late night unedited mental ramble) February 19, 2013 I’ve been watching and rewatching some marvelous British Television series lately. Tonight I watched two more hours of “The Hour” on Amazon’s live stream… Continue Reading
The deleterious inspiration of today’s GOP February 14, 2013 I remember reading a review of Farlie’s book, Bite the Hand that Feeds You,” because it was such a great title. In 1980 he… Continue Reading
Nighty night continued February 14, 2013 No sooner had I finished episode six and gotten the message that two more hours of House had done by partner in than my… Continue Reading
GOP = Ghastly Organized Putrescence – Pt 3 January 26, 2013 Lincoln long fantasized about joining the pantheon of America’s founding fathers or perhaps lamented the seeming impossibility of joining it. His law partner, Herndon,… Continue Reading
The private lives of Presidents January 26, 2013 I shrugged off the fatigue that should have put me in bed at 9:30 and prepared to edit the third installment of Putrescence. I… Continue Reading
GOP = Ghastly Organized Putrescence Pt 2 January 25, 2013 I’ve felt compelled to think long and hard about Thomas Jefferson through the years because I know that my Grandfather, George Robb, had so… Continue Reading
The chickens are coming home to roost… January 23, 2013 …and leave a lot of droppings in the GOP’s coup. I find it ironic that the GOP which in the Reagan years once vilified… Continue Reading